People & Living

Atchison County athletes will be busy the next several days. East Atchison’s baseball team will compete in District playoffs, starting at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 11, in Maysville, Missouri. Rock  Continue Reading »

May 14, 1948 • Mr. and Mrs. Cal Pierce have been advised by the government that the body of their son, Second Lt. Marlin L. Pierce, is being returned to  Continue Reading »

May 14, 1948 • J.C. Penney, noted chain store founder, will be heard tonight at the local high school auditorium by the 33 seniors of the graduating class of Tarkio  Continue Reading »

May 14, 1948 • Clarence Weedin suffered a serious back injury Thursday morning of last week when he fell from a horse while driving some livestock from a pasture. •  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Karl Forehand During my stroke recovery, progress is very, very slow, and parts of it are painful. For the first part of this week my body was very  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: fruits (15-20 oz. size, mixed fruit, peaches, pears, pineapple, small mandarin oranges), grape juice (64  Continue Reading »

Dan Cox (Tarkio College class of 1972), right, and his wife, Eleanor Shirley, left, weed and prune during the Tarkio Tech/Tarkio College Clean-up Weekend. The Coxes live in Shenandoah, Iowa,  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Optimist Club has a new member who is breaking records for the club by being the youngest member in its history. Cowen O’Riley, right, an active student at Fairfax  Continue Reading »

Tarkio city employees Jamie Quimby and Chris Niles pick up junk left curbside during the town’s city-wide clean-up week. The crew collected over 20 tons.

Governor Mike Parson signed Senate Bill (SB) 51, which allows Missourians more direct access to physical therapy services, into law. A signing ceremony was held in Governor Parson’s office at  Continue Reading »

Four Peru State College students presented research at the 2023 Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America Conference. Pictured, from left to right, are Kelsie Gaines, Jamie Copenharve, Frank  Continue Reading »

Turner Heits is proud to announce the birth of his baby brother and friend, Taytum Gene, who was born at CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday, March 12, 2023.  Continue Reading »